pc keyboard as midi controller

[Ed Paris]

ah okay now i understand!

[cheft]

Talked to a friend about this and he commented that some keyboards are different. he was thinking about Gaming keyboards. They will be less likely to have this limitation.

[CerebralExcretion]

possibly but i would be one expensive keyboard, my razor keyboard uses a matrix and thats about as nice a gamimg keyboard your going to find!

Also found this would be pretty usefull wish i had though to search before i sat and worked it out my self.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EJDCHXG5XWEP2874MO/

also some potential pit falls:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Keyboard_Hacks

[charo]

awhile back I found and posted about this controller that uses keyboard internals

http://aux-armes.blogspot.com/2008/0...ador-pics.html

shows the possibilities, and according to the blog it

All the keys that are mapped use the hidden shift and option characters so that the regular keyboard keys are still available for assigning.

[CerebralExcretion]

yea, i love the trackerball on that one

[orjan]

If you want a keyboard with a layout more suited for midi and have money to spare then look at www.typematrix.com. A command like up/down would work good/better almost anywhere...